OSHA Orders Dallas Church To Pay Over $30K For Allegedly Firing Whistleblower

By Alex Keller, CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

March 16, 2023

DALLAS — Federal investigators have ordered a Dallas church to reinstate and pay back wages to an employee who was fired after raising concerns about its childcare center.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) claims that the New Mount Zion Baptist Church, which owns and operates the childcare center, wrongfully terminated a nutrition specialist after they raised concerns about food safety.

According to OSHA, the nutritionist raised concerns about rats, insects, and a broken air conditioner in the cafeteria and kitchen of the center to the Dallas County Health Department (DCHD) in May 2021.

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